Market President

Columbia Bank • Los Angeles, CA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The Market President owns the bank’s performance, growth, risk profile, talent, and reputation across a defined market or group of closely linked communities. The role develops and executes an integrated market growth strategy spanning the customer and prospect life cycle, with direct accountability for revenue, deposits, loans, fee income, expenses, profitability, and balance-sheet outcomes. As the bank’s senior local representative, the Market President builds client and community relationships, coordinates specialist partners, develops an effective leadership team, and ensures activity complies with the bank’s risk appetite and regulatory standards.

The Market President collaborates with the Regional President and other executives on market planning; leads coordinated growth across consumer, small-business, and commercial banking; manages market financial and balance-sheet results; and oversees pricing, pipelines, portfolios, performance routines, credit, compliance, and operational controls. The role also leads talent and succession planning, represents the bank with clients and community stakeholders, directs local community investment, makes resource recommendations within delegated authority, and contributes to priorities beyond the home market. The position is fully onsite at 11661 San Vincente Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90049, and requires frequent travel.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, accounting, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and directly relevant banking leadership experience.
• At least 12–15 years of progressively responsible banking or financial services experience, including significant leadership responsibility.
• Demonstrated success leading Retail and Business Banking performance across a significant market, multi-site geography, or comparable operating unit.
• Direct experience managing commercial or business-banking relationships and credit, with sound understanding of underwriting, portfolio quality, pricing, and risk-adjusted returns.
• Proven accountability for revenue, expenses, profitability, deposits, loans, fee income, productivity, and other P&L or contribution measures.
• Experience developing market strategy, building external relationships, leading through other leaders, and delivering balanced growth in a regulated environment.
• Enterprise-minded market leadership and franchise-building capability.
• Strong financial acumen, P&L and balance-sheet management, and analytical decision-making.
• Commercial and business-credit judgment, including pricing discipline and portfolio-risk management.
• Ability to collaborate and lead across revenue-generating business units and specialist partners to align priorities, integrate solutions, and deliver enterprise-wide growth.
• Strategic planning and execution across a five-year horizon aligned to the bank’s strategic plan.
• Executive presence, influence, negotiation, public-speaking, and relationship-building skills with clients and community stakeholders.
• Talent assessment, coaching, succession planning, and leadership through one or more management layers.
• Working knowledge of banking regulations and controls, including BSA/AML, fair lending, CRA, conduct, compliance, credit, and operational risk.
• Clear written and verbal communication and ability to translate complex priorities into accountable action.
• Sound judgment, integrity, adaptability, and ability to balance growth, risk, client, talent, and community priorities.
• Ability to work fully onsite at the posted location; frequent travel is required.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or other relevant advanced degree.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Regional President and key executives to develop and execute an integrated market plan reflecting local needs and enterprise priorities across the customer and prospect life cycle.
• Own market P&L and balance-sheet outcomes, including revenue, deposits and deposit mix, loans and loan mix, fee income, controllable expenses, profitability, operating leverage, and efficiency.
• Monitor local economic and competitive trends and use market insights to strengthen positioning and optimize performance.
• Lead coordinated growth across consumer, small-business, and commercial banking and specialist partner segments; deepen relationships and expand the bank’s role as clients’ primary financial partner.
• Coordinate credit, treasury management, payments, mortgage, wealth, and other specialist partners to deliver integrated solutions and a consistent client experience.
• Establish pricing, pipeline, portfolio, and performance-management routines; identify trends and take corrective action when results or risk indicators fall below expectations.
• Oversee credit performance, policy exceptions, conduct, compliance, BSA/AML, fair lending, operational controls, and remediation within the market.
• Lead, select, coach, and hold the integrated market leadership team accountable; develop a diverse succession bench and make differentiated talent and resource decisions.
• Represent the bank in the market by building relationships with major clients, prospects, civic leaders, community organizations, and referral networks.
• Direct local community investment and support the bank’s CRA and broader community commitments.
• Recommend resource allocation, pricing, credit, staffing, and investment actions within delegated authority; escalate material financial, risk, client, or reputation matters appropriately.
• Partner across markets, regions, and enterprise functions; contribute market insight, best practices, and talent to priorities beyond the home market.
• Perform other assigned duties and comply with applicable bank policies, procedures, laws, and regulations.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match for qualifying associate contributions
• Employee assistance program
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Tuition assistance
• Mental health resources
• Identity theft protection
• Legal support
• Auto and home insurance
• Pet insurance
• Access to an online discount marketplace
• Paid vacation, sick days, volunteer days, and holidays
• Competitive total rewards package including base wages and comprehensive benefits
• Role may be eligible for performance-based incentive compensation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive